i learned about bay area legal aid through edc. i didn't tell my bay legal attorney, justin, this, but i was at the end of my rope and can no longer see a tunnel, much less a light at the end of it. it was just blackness. i had put aside $100 for me to surrender my cats to spca. this was the last step for me to letting go of anyone i love. justin was very patient and let me tell him my story. justin provided full scope legal help. he made sure i had weekly updates to reassure i'm not going to be evicted. justin sought out agencies that could help me not only pay what i owed, but how to be able to pay my future rent. i received emotional support from one of bay legal social workers, ursula and her team. that made me want to start taking meds, going to therapy, start exercising and keep looking and applying for jobs. now i live in the same apartment i have for the last 26 years with my two cats that i love very much, and i started the process with door to be trained for a job, and i'm planning to be financially self-sufficient by ear